REVELATION

An extraordinary and supernatural disclosure made by God, whether by dream, vision, ecstasy, or otherwise, of truths beyond man’s unaided power to discover. Paul, alluding to his visions and revelations, 2Co 12:1,7, speaks of them in the third person, out of modesty; and declares that he could not tell whether he was in the body or out of the body. Elsewhere he says that he had received his gospel by a particular revelation, Ga 1:12. For the BOOK OF REVELATION, see APOCALYPSE.

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Revelation. Revelation
An uncovering, a bringing to light of that which had been previously wholly hidden or only obscurely seen. God has been pleased in various ways and at different times (Heb. 1:1) to make a supernatural revelation of himself and his purposes and plans, which, under the guidance of his Spirit, has been committed to writing. (See WORD OF GOD.) The Scriptures are not merely the “record” of revelation; they are the revelation itself in a written form, in order to the accurate presevation and propagation of the truth.

Revelation and inspiration differ. Revelation is the supernatural communication of truth to the mind; inspiration (q.v.) secures to the teacher or writer infallibility in communicating that truth to others. It renders its subject the spokesman or prophet of God in such a sense that everything he asserts to be true, whether fact or doctrine or moral principle, is true, infallibly true.

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REVELATION. → God reveals himself to Moses Ex 3:1-6,14; 6:1-3 → The law is revealed Ex 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; Le 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7 → The pattern of the temple is revealed 1Ch 28:11-19 → The sonship of Jesus is revealed Mt 3:17; 16:17; 17:5 → See INSPIRATION → See PROPHECY → See PROPHET → See WORD OF GOD, INSPIRATION OF

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revelation. Revelation, n. a communication of sacred truth

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Rev′e‐la″tion (?), n. [[F. révélation, L. revelatio. See Reveal.]] 1. 1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.
2. 2. That which is revealed.
3. 3. (Theol.) (a) The act of revealing divine truth. (b) That which is revealed by God to man; esp., the Bible.
By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. Eph. iii. 3. 4. 4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.